SIEMENS Inhab Smart Home Energy Monitor with 16-50Amp Circuit Level Sensors and 2-200Amp Main Sensors for Real Time Electricity Monitoring and Metering

Pretty straight forward install. Only 2 mains and 16 sensors so you have to choose wisely which 16 circuits you will monitor. I used the ethernet cable option which was truly plug and play. It can look quite messy with all of the sensor wires. You can cut the wires shorter to clean up the mess. Regardless, you never see it again when the panel cover is back on and does not hurt anything. The app was easy to install and to use. The interface is easy to use and the data is well organized and useful. The charts are great and give me a better idea of what is going on over time.

Its hard to write a bad review in terms of it does tell me my real time kWhs or the amperages. It does gie a lot of information that can help see max kWh rating spikes or if certain devices run all the time, maybe a freezer is drawing high amounts... I want to start with a big Con( and there is a pun in there) Cons 1) As many have probably noticed, and I also noticed... the Seimens and the Emporia look identical. BUT when purchasing and I stand by the adage of "you get what you pay for" so I always try to by the best my budget can responsibly afford. So I chose the $600 Seimens InHab My email is set to not show pictures upon receiving for some reason, where the Seimens logo was supposed to go the test read Emporia Logo... are you kidding and just now I exported the Data and again with the Emporia name... well insert curse word here So that is garbage The pun is aa con is I feel CON'd by Seimens especially since im a master electrician and have used my Seimens Equipment, Panels and breakers So that said, I want a disclaimer so I do not talk out of turn, Possibly Seimens needed to do some extra certification to allow users of this energy monitor to use it in professional settings? But at 100% extra cost I cant see that being a reason.. All I know is I am really disappointed I paid an extra $300 Moving on to cons that would be for both units, ignoring cost 2) The current transformers (the clamps) have square corners. Similar to square peg round hole, when trying to get the CTs around tight wires and they have corners and a difficult clip to lock them shut... do I need to explain that a circle shaped clamp only mays sense. Even if they were larger, the round would make all the difference 3) It would be very nice to have 100 amp rated CTs that could monitor larger cable loads, eg. "100 amp sub panel" load or "Wood/ Electric furnaces" that have a 125 amp breaker. The 50 amp CTs are actually good up to 70 amps and then they are saturated which mean they cant read anymore and they will goof up the readings. I have a 200 amp panel and would really like to know how the furnace play a role in the max spiking of the kwh rating. I have clamps that barely clipped on the wires I think they are #1 RW90 wires and I am reading the furnace blower. Man the furnace runs a lot. Interesting finding meaning more insulation is required in the home. 4) Not a lot can be done the the panel looks a mess after its wired, that said the connectors that go in to he InHab unit have set screws so you can dress the cable and cut them shorter then re terminate. 5) I exported the data and it is in a CSV format. Meaning its an excel spread sheet with lots of #s For some reason mine did not show the dates so I will have to call to find out why. But it isn't a nice graph you get. I believe its also only produces with kilowatt hour ratings as the measurement. you cant see it on amperages although if you sent it to a programmer they could take the data and make it more understandable at a glance. 6) Not available on PC I believe, only on a mobile device. Forgive me if I'm wrong by my first attempt to get it on PC looked like it said only available for mobile devices. An due to that you only have a phone screen to look at days weeks and months of data. A large screen would certainly be superior to viewing, thats said its fantastic to be able to see it on you phone versus a PC for troubleshooting and on the job. Both ways would be beneficial though Pro 1) Shares a lot of info and in real time on what circuits are drawing what. Its very easy to monitor energy consumption. MAIN POINT OF THIS UNIT AND IT DOES THAT WELL.

I absolutely love this thing enough that I bought a second one so I could monitor every circuit in my home. You definitely should have a licensed electrician installed it, but I know electrical and it was actually incredibly easy, the app is easy to use and it works really well. I'm a smart home and technology geek so I love being able to look at every circuit in the house instantly and see see amperage usage as well as kilowatt hours. It really helps to get a good idea of what is actually being used in the house and even helped me to realize I needed to add an extra circuit in my kitchen to run my microwave, because it was pulling a lot of amperage, more than I expected.

Works great and as advertised. Future buyers should consider this device is made by Emporia for Siemems so I doubt there is current much difference between the two devices (other than cost). My only wish was there was the ability to add more circuit sensors then 16.

Circuit by corcuit monitoring used to be like $1000 plus a web based interface subscription. This is a bargain, easy for a handy person to install and enlightening about where one’s electricity is being consumed. For example i had no idea our fridge is the second highest user! You can’t focus a path to energy reduction if you don’t know how much energy things are using! Data!